Curriculum

First Year

Required Courses

  • Civil Procedure I 503 (3)
  • Constitutional Law I 507 (3)
  • Contracts 501 (6)
  • Criminal Law 568 (3)
  • Legal Research and Writing I 514 (3)
  • Legal Research and Writing II 515 (3)
  • Property 504 (4)
  • Torts 502 (6)

Second & Third Year

Required Courses

  • Legal Profession 603 (3)

Skills Requirement: During the second or third year of law study, each student must select and complete one course from a list of skills courses designated by the Curriculum Committee.

Writing Requirement: During the second or third year of law study, each student must select and complete one course from a list of writing courses designated each year by the Curriculum Committee. The courses and seminars each require a substantial writing component, involving the application of knowledge and skills gained from several areas of legal study, or in-depth research and analysis of legal issues in a specialized field of law. A cumulative grade-point average of 2.00 (C) or better must be earned in order for a student to be eligible to graduate. To complete the 90-credit-hours requirement for graduation, the student is given a wide choice of elective courses during the second and third years.

Recommended Courses: Students planning to take the Mississippi Bar Examination should contact the Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions for information regarding areas of law covered by the exam.

Elective Courses

*Indicates courses that are rarely taught.

  • Administrative Law 605 (2-3)
  • Admiralty Law 628 (3)*
  • Advanced Legal Research 720 (1-3)
  • Advanced Legal Writing 712 (3)
  • Agency and Partnership 506 (2-3)*
  • Agricultural Law 674 (3)*
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution 651 (2-3)
  • Antitrust Law 621 (2-3)
  • Appellate Advocacy 602 (2-3)
  • Appellate Judicial Externship Program 733 (12)
  • Banking Law 607 (2-3)*
  • Bankruptcy 558 (3)
  • Bankruptcy Reorganization Seminar 622 (3)
  • Bioethics 665 (2-3)
  • Business Planning 629 (1-3)*
  • Business Regulation Externship 725 (12)
  • Capital Punishment and the Judicial Process 721 (3)
  • Children in the Legal System 646 (1-3)
  • Civil Clinic I 690 (3-5)
  • Civil Clinic II 691 (3-5)
  • Civil Clinic III 692 (3-5)
  • Civil Clinic IV 693 (3-5)
  • Civil Procedure II 577 (2-4)
  • Coastal and Ocean Law 675 (3)
  • Commercial Paper 694 (2-3)
  • Communications Law 673 (3)*
  • Comparative Law 643 (2-3)*
  • Confl ict of Laws 608 (2-3)
  • Constitutional Law II 508 (3)
  • Constitutional Law Seminar 569 (3)
  • Copyright Law 657 (3)*
  • Corporate Finance Law 606 (3)
  • Corporations 601 (3-4)
  • Criminal Appeals Clinic 697 (4)
  • Criminal Procedure I: Investigation 635 93-4)
  • Criminal Procedure II: Adjudication 714 (3-4)
  • Criminal Trial Practice 686 (1-3)
  • Current Problems in International Law* 638 (3)
  • Cybercrime 718 (2-3)
  • Deferred Compensation 660 (3)*
  • Disability Law and Policy 717 (2-3)*
  • Eminent Domain 670 (2-3)*
  • Eminent Domain Seminar 671 (1-2)*
  • Employee Benefi ts Law 728 (3)*
  • Employer-Employee Relations 645 (3)*
  • Employment Discrimination 640 (2-3)
  • Entertainment and Sports Law 647 (3)
  • Environmental Law 581 (2-3)
  • Estate Planning 682 (2-3)
  • European Communities Law 530 (1-3)*
  • Evidence 600 (3-4)
  • Family Law 560 (2-3)
  • Family Law Seminar 627 (1-3)
  • Federal Habeas Corpus Law 716 (2)
  • Federal Indian Law 730 (2-3)
  • Federal Jurisdiction 696 (2-3)
  • Federal Taxation of Gratuitous Transfers 626 (2-3)
  • Federal Trial Practice 678 (2-3)
  • Fourth Amendment Seminar 731 (2-3)
  • Future Interests and Trusts 641 (2-3)*
  • Gaming Law 661 (2-3)
  • General Practice 631 (2-3)
  • Health Care Law 726 (2-3)
  • Higher Education and the Law 684 (1-3)
  • Housing Law 644 (2-3)*
  • Immigration Law 663 (2-3)
  • Income Taxation II 702 (3)
  • Income Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders 633 (3)
  • Income Taxation of Individuals 613 (3)
  • Individual Study I 615 (1-3)
  • Individual Study II 715 (1-3)

 

  • Insurance 559 (2-3)
  • Intellectual Property 580 (2-3)
  • International Aviation Law 724 (3)
  • International Commercial Arbitration 722 (3)
  • International Environmental Law 656 (2-3)*
  • International Human Rights Law 719 (3)
  • International Intellectual Property 732 (2-3)
  • International Law 620 (2-3)
  • International Security Law and Policy 658 (2-3)
  • International Space Law 680 (3)
  • International Trade 575 (2-3)
  • Internet Law 729 (3)
  • Interviewing and Counseling 699 (1-6)
  • Journal of Space Law 583 (1-4)
  • Jurisprudence 619 (2-3)
  • Labor Arbitration Law 624 (3)*
  • Labor Law I 614 (3)
  • Labor Law II 617 (2-3)*
  • Land Finance I 572 (2-3)
  • Land Finance II 574 (2-3)*
  • Land Planning 632 (2-3)*
  • Land Titles 570 (1-3)*
  • Law and Computers 538 (3)
  • Law and Economics 576 (2-3)
  • Law and Literature 653 (3)
  • Law and Medicine 695 (1-3)
  • Law and Religion 688 (2-3)
  • Law Journal 610 (1-5)
  • Law of Armed Confl ict 531 (2-3)
  • Lawyering Skills Workshop 551 (3)
  • Legal Accounting 573 (1-3)
  • Legal History 541 (2-3)*
  • Legal History of Slavery 734 (3)
  • Legal Problems of Indigence 639 (2-3)
  • Legal Process 659 (3)*
  • Legislation 510 (2-3)
  • Local Government Law 564 (2-3)
  • Mississippi Civil Practice 579 (2-3)
  • Moot Court Board 666 (1-4)
  • Oil and Gas 609 (3)*
  • Partnership Taxation 634 (1-3)
  • Patent Law 535 (3)*
  • Political and Civil Rights 662 (3)
  • Pretrial Practice 544 (2-3)
  • Pro Bono Service 713 (1)
  • Problems in Evidence 637 (2-3)*
  • Prosecutorial Externship 654 (3-6)
  • Public Service Internship 636 (3-6)
  • Public Utility Regulation 561 (3)*
  • Remedies 642 (1-3)
  • Remote Sensing Law 655 (3)
  • School Law Seminar 648 (2-3)
  • Seamen’s Remedies 669 (2-3)*
  • Secured Transactions 571 (3)
  • Securities Regulation 650 (3)
  • Selected Legal Topics I 698 (2-3)
  • Selected Legal Topics II 701 (1-2)
  • Selected Legal Topics III 703 (1-3)
  • Selected Legal Topics IV 704 (1-2)
  • Selected Legal Topics V 705 (1-2)
  • Selected Legal Topics VI 706 (1-2)
  • Selected Legal Topics VII 707 (1-2)
  • Selected Legal Topics VIII 708 (1-2)
  • Sentencing 668 (1-3)
  • Sex Discrimination 687 (2-3)*
  • Space Security Law 736 (3)
  • Structure and Powers in the U.S.
  • Constitution 727 (3)
  • Supreme Court Practice 582 (1-3)
  • Tax Problems 623 (1-3)*
  • The Prosecution Function 685 (3)
  • Trusts 604 (3)*
  • U.S. Domestic Aviation Law 723 (3)
  • U.S. National Space Law 679 (3)
  • Wills and Estates 516 (1-4)
  • Wills and Trusts Drafting 630 (3)
  • Workers’ Compensation 618 (2-3)
  • Youth Court Seminar 550 (2-3)*